Lone bullseye decides title

JUST one bullseye decided the national F Class open shooting championships held at Mackay's Mt Vince Rifle Range over the past two days.

The South Australian team of five shooters got up with 1164 points, six ahead of North Queensland in the competition involving 180 shooters from all over Australia, and held in Mackay for the first time.

"That six points is not much, it's just one bullseye over two days of shooting," competition director Gordon Duncan said yesterday.

"The standard is very high and improving all the time. Each time these matches are held the record gets pushed back further and further."